[foxmeep]

I know I'm not as good as PiG, but I certainly prefer mutas over hydras because once you deflect banshees with hydras you have a unit that is utterly useless vs Terran.

Just make sure you keep overlords spread around your base then you can move your queens together to intercept the banshees until your mutas arrive. Queens also have more range than banshees so always try to bait banshees back into the range of spores.

If the Terran went 2 port, then he can't do any sort of useful push, so just use your mutas for map control and get an eco lead.

The fact is that unlike Terran/Protoss, Zerg generally doesn't get to go straight for a killing blow once they've gained an advantage.

[PiG]

Originally Posted by foxmeep

I know I'm not as good as PiG, but I certainly prefer mutas over hydras because once you deflect banshees with hydras you have a unit that is utterly useless vs Terran.

Just make sure you keep overlords spread around your base then you can move your queens together to intercept the banshees until your mutas arrive. Queens also have more range than banshees so always try to bait banshees back into the range of spores.

If the Terran went 2 port, then he can't do any sort of useful push, so just use your mutas for map control and get an eco lead.

The fact is that unlike Terran/Protoss, Zerg generally doesn't get to go straight for a killing blow once they've gained an advantage.

Your points about the queens moving to defend and overlords spotting are spot on. However hydras are actually a good unit vs terran. In fact they are amazing mixed into almost any army. The issue is obviously they cost a tech structure and expensive upgrade and are only efficient as a very small part of your army. Not en masse.

Now why spend money on them if they are just a minor support unit? Any terran worth his salt will transition into mech off a 2port, often adding ravens also. This is because they have a buttload of gas and techlabs already up. If you want to see mutas be completely worthless have them fight Thors and PDDs.just about 10 hydras on the other hand are not weak to thor nor tanks (tank damage nerf... same number of shots as roaches to die) and chew through PDDs in no time. You still want roach bane as your standard army. Also why roaches? Even if he's retarded and doesnt. Go mech he'll have lots of helion out and you need to get to 4 base instantly once safe and you can't do that with ling bane.

Inh summary: hydras rule just remember don't make too many!